and it irritates him, and disposes him to attribute her act to "the
falseness of her sex," when it is merely her keen intelligence in such
matters. The fact of the matter is, that though an old bachelor is
seemingly greatly smitten with nearly every young girl he sees, he does
not succeed in marrying because he is a hard man to catch. The young
woman takes his measurement. His devotion is overpowering, but she
easily sees that it is a sham. The bachelor looks at her glove, and,
instead of admiring the hand, as the "marrying young man" does, he says
"Dollar and a half!"